Says U.N. Security Council is ‘neutered.’

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Clinton Calls Syria Vote ‘Travesty’

A United Nations Security Council effort to end the violence in Syria ended in acrimony hours after the Syrian military attacked the ravaged city of Homs.

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Russia and China Block U.N. Action on Syrian Crisis

Russia said it still had a “number of concerns” over a tentative plan by the United Nations Security Council aimed at stemming the bloodshed in Syria.

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Russia Rejects Draft U.N. Resolution on Syria

Diplomats at the UN Security Council drop reference to a call for Syria’s president to hand over power in their draft resolution, apparently to appease Russia.

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UN text drops Assad handover call

The UN Security Council debates its response to escalating violence in Syria, with Qatar urging members to act to stop the “killing machine”.

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UN debates Syria crisis response

Syrian forces pushed rebels back from strongholds near Damascus on Tuesday as diplomats prepared to try to press President Bashar al-Assad to leave office through a Security Council resolution.

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Diplomats Discuss Bashar al-Assad’s Future as Syria Fights Rebels

ARAB AND WESTERN governments plan to mount a major diplomatic offensive at the United Nations on Tuesday in the hope of breaking a deadlock in the Security Council on Syria. Nabil ­el-Araby, secretary general of the Arab League, will present a plan to end the swelling violence by calling for dictator Bashar al-Assad to step down and be replaced by a coalition government that would organize elections. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the foreign ministers of Britain and France will attend the meeting as a way of raising the pressure on Russia, which has been blocking action by the Security Council since the Syrian uprising began 10 months ago. Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: Saving Syria requires Russia’s cooperation

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the escalation of Syrian government attacks on opposition protesters and said she would voice American concerns at a U.N. Security Council meeting on the subject Tuesday. Read full article > >

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Clinton to attend U.N. meeting on Syria

Security Council will only call for ‘political transition.’

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U.N. Shrinks from Syria Sanctions

Russia circulates a UN Security Council resolution aimed at ending the crisis in Syria, in a move that surprised the Western nations.

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Russia in surprise UN Syria move

BEIRUT — Syria’s foreign minister attacked the Arab League Sunday for suspending Damascus and accused the organization of being used as a “tool” by the West to take the Syrian crisis to the U.N. Security Council. Walid al-Moallem spoke in Damascus shortly after the Arab League rejected Syria’s proposed amendments to a peace plan to end the country’s turmoil, saying the changes put forward by Damascus alter the plan’s “essence.” Read full article > >

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Syrian FM attacks Arab League after it rejects proposed amendments to observers mission

The UN’s nuclear watchdog expresses “deep and increasing concern” over Iran’s nuclear plans, but stops short of referring Tehran to the Security Council.

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UN ‘concern’ at Iran nuclear plan

A UN Security Council committee fails to reach agreement on the Palestinian membership request, bringing the bid a step closer to collapse.

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UN panel split on Palestinian bid

A UN Security Council committee fails to reach agreement on the Palestinian membership request, bringing the bid a step closer to collapse.

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UN panel split on Palestinian bid

The United Nations Security Council has agreed to withdraw about 3,000 troops and police from its mission in Haiti.

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UN to cut Haiti peacekeeper force